PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Chest Pain, Tachycardia, Hard Wired

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Mark Coates

Document Summary

Anxiety, fear, and panic: anxiety feeling threatened by a hypothetical situation or future event. Fear feeling threatened by a real or perceived threat: panic extreme fear that is unprovoked (a false alarm, all three engage the flight-or-flight response to a greater or lesser degree. Sympathetic nervous system: most common disorder we have. *need to be able to distinguish between the 3 terms: anxiety i want to go for a walk in the woods but their might be a bear. Fear is actually something there you perceive to be dangerous. Actually seeing a bear: panic im walking downtown and suddenly im really scared but theres no reason to be scared. Same type of feeling as if you were being chased by a bear when there is no bear at all. Anxiety disorders: anxiety disorders are the most common of all mental disorders (11-25% lifetime prevalence) There seems to be a non-specific genetic component to anxiety.